Last week, it was reported that Ryback was sent home before Monday Night Raw started after a contract dispute with Vince McMahon. Ryback’s contract expires this summer and was sent home last week after they failed to reach an agreement. According to Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, they dispute was not just about money but about several other issues as well. He also wrote a blog post describing his problems and issues with WWE. You can read the blog post here.
One of his demands, according to Dave Meltzer was that WWE pay for hotel accommodation, which is a common practice in most professions. Tommy Dreamer had the following to say on the situation-
“I give him respect and props for voicing his opinion, but I look at wrestling from a regular business model. We’re here in Toronto and Jose Bautista is the big conversation. ‘They should re-sign him.’ Well, he’s batting about .220 right now and he’s 30-some odd years of age, so maybe the Blue Jays are right in not re-signing him. It’s different in that that sport is based on athletic ability. However in wrestling, it’s based upon what somebody feels – and that somebody would be Vince McMahon – about how he can draw money off of you. There is a way, business-wise, to say if we put everybody’s shirts out there, whose shirts are they going to buy? And that’s how we can make the decision. To me, if Zack Ryder is the number-one shirt seller, guess what? He should be pushed.”
Further, WWE has put Ryback merchandise on sale. If one connects the dots, it does signal the end of Ryback’s WWE career.
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